Equality Utah’s Troy Williams blasts governor, quits a state task force on youth suicide over changes to conversion therapy bill

A prominent LGBTQ advocate is stepping off a state suicide task force with a blistering resignation letter that accuses Gov. Gary Herbert of turning his back on gay youths and casting his lot with therapists who view queer identities as a problem to be solved.Equality Utah’s executive director, Troy Williams, released the letter publicly Wednesday, the day after what he called the “hostile takeover” of a bill to ban licensed therapists from trying to change the gender identity